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The UFC will be in Canada in 2014 more than ever before.
The TUF Nations Finale is set for Colisée Pepsi in Quebec City on April 16. Rogers Arena in Vancouver will host the UFC 174 pay-per-view on June 14. The promotion returns to Air Canada Centre in Toronto for UFC 178 on Sept. 27. The UFC will make its first trip to Nova Scotia, in the Atlantic region of Canada, on Oct. 4 for a “Fight Night” card at Halifax Metro Centre. And the five-stop set will wrap up on Dec. 6 for UFC 181 at Montreal’s Bell Centre.

NFL was prepared to re-schedule Super Bowl 48: "Denver Broncos vs. Seattle Seahawks" to a different date this weekend if bad weather conditions at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, N.J., threatened to devastate the big game ... and fan experience. With less than five days until kickoff (Sun., Feb. 2, 2013), it appears that will not be the case -- Mother Nature will fortunately cooperate.

Uniondale's Aljamain Sterling now has a contract with the UFC and will fight Lucas Martins at UFC 170 in Las Vegas on Feb. 22. The fight was agreed to by both participants, but the bout agreements had not yet been signed and received, a UFC official said Tuesday night.

UFC featherweight champ Jose Aldo‘s weight cut might be considerably easier next time out if he’s successful this weekend at UFC 169.
UFC President Dana White on Monday told reporters he thinks Aldo (23-1 MMA, 5-0 UFC), who meets Ricardo Lamas in Saturday’s pay-per-view headliner, should move up to 155 pounds to challenge Anthony Pettis (17-2 MMA, 4-1 UFC) when the lightweight champ returns from an injury layoff.
“The timing has to be right,” White said. “If he defends his title this weekend, Pettis comes back, Pettis fights his fight, and then Aldo.”

On the road to a full recovery, Irish MMA star Conor McGregor caught up with PETER CARROLL to talk about his rehabilitation, coming home to Dublin and fame. The Irishman also revealed the key role he is playing in the UFC’s selection
of a date for their Dublin card, what type of opponent he wants to face on his return and which Irish fighters he believes deserve an opportunity on the world’s biggest MMA stage.

Competing as a heavyweight at just 218 pounds, Nikita Krylov is dropping to light heavyweight after his knockout win over Walt Harris at UFC on FOX 10, which took place last Saturday night (Jan. 25, 2014) inside United Center in Chicago, Illinois.

The mystery surrounding Jose Maria Tome’s situation in the UFC is finally over.
Following several reports stating that "No Chance" has or hasn’t been released from the promotion following back-to-back losses in 2013, his manager Marcelo Brigadeiro confirmed to MMAFighting.com that he’s no longer signed with the UFC.
Tome (33-5, 2 no-contests), who is still listed on UFC’s official website, entered the UFC riding a 16-fight undefeated streak, but went 0-2 inside the Octagon.